10 Hottest Weather Temperature Days in Tampa, Florida

These are the ten all-time hottest weather temperature days recorded in the city of Tampa, Florida. 

The temperature data for Tampa dates back to 1890. Tampa is the tenth hottest weather city in the United states, with an annual average daily temperature of 72.0 degrees.

Despite that fact, the temperature in Tampa has never reached 100 degrees once since 1890. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Tampa, Florida is 99 degrees, which first occurred on June 5, 1985, and was matched just last year on June 26, 2020.

Tampa is a very humid city which the beach goers, vacationers and snowbirds don't seem to mind at all, as they flock to the Tampa area every year making it one the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.

Going back to 1890, the earliest date in any year that the city of Tampa has had a 90 degree day is March 16, 1945, when it was 91 degrees. The latest date that Tampa has had a 90 degree day was November 6, 2015, when it was exactly 90 degrees.

Every date in the months of May through September dating back to 1890, have had at least one 90 degree weather day in at least one year. In fact, every date from April 19th through October 18th has had at least one year when the temperature reached at least 90 degrees.

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Florida is 109 degrees, which occurred on June 29, 1931 in Monticello. The city of Monticello is located in the Florida Panhandle, northeast of Tallahassee.

The city of Tampa itself has a population of around 400,000, which ranks as the 48th largest city in the United States. The Tampa metro area is far larger with around 3.2 million people which ranks 18th in the United States. To put that number into perspective, more people live in the Tampa metro area than in 19 different states in the United States.

10 All-Time Hottest Weather Temperature Days in Tampa

T-1. June 26, 2020 - 99 degrees

T-1. June 5, 1985 - 99 degrees

T-3. August 1, 2020 - 98 degrees

T-3. May 17, 2017 - 98 degrees

T-3. May 19, 2017 - 98 degrees

T-3. June 12, 2010 - 98 degrees

T-3. June 6, 2008 - 98 degrees

T-3. June 21, 1998 - 98 degrees

T-3. June 6, 1985 - 98 degrees

T-3. June 12, 1977 - 98 degrees

T-3. August 22, 1975 - 98 degrees

T-3. May 26, 1975 - 98 degrees

It has been 98 degrees in Tampa a few other times, just the last ten occurrences are listed above. As you can see, of the twelve hottest days in Tampa history a total of seven have occurred in June. Three have occurred in May, and only two dates are in August which has the hottest daily average temperature of any month in Tampa as noted just below.

The hottest month of the year in Tampa is August, which has an average daily temperature of 83.0 degrees, followed closely by July at 82.8 degrees. The next hottest month in Tampa is June at 82.0 degrees, followed by September at 81.5 degrees.

All the data above shows that without a doubt Tampa is a warm weather city.